Quick overview of the VuMAP Toolbox Drawing Tool Draw lines or closed shapes over the map, name and save your sketch under the “My Marks” tab.  Measure Tool Measure distances and areas in...

If you work in any outdoor trade with a crew of mobile workers and equipment, you can use VuMAP to save time and money on project administration. Follow the step by step example below to see how. Let&...

Imagine you’re researching a property’s history as part of a pending real estate transaction. You may need to ensure that all lands are included where multiple PINs make up one property. M...

As a new subscriber to MapCast, you’ll need to connect to the service before you can get to work. On the MapCast dashboard there are a few options. Here I’ll recommend which connection typ...

For a lightweight application, VuMAP sure does some heavy lifting when it comes to day to day productivity in your real estate or law practice. Today’s rarely asked question highlights a simple ...

How Does Image Resolution Relate To Map Scale? First, 20cm imagery is not the same as 1:20 map scale. Maps are created with mix and match combinations of data sources. Each source may be fine on its o...

LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is a technology that essentially takes pictures using laser pulses instead of visible light. You’ve likely heard about LiDAR in the context of self-driving ca...

The Google base map is just to help you locate your area of interest. From the item selection list in MapWarehouse, click the info icon beside any item to see it’s metadata and a thumbnail of th...

Polygons would not be a good representation of the data in this case because the geometry of the parcels is clipped to the boundary of the tiles, so the area, perimeter, and parcel boundaries of the p...

The layers will draw in the order you see them in the layers list, drawing the bottom most visible layers in the list, then drawing the visible layers above it over top. Since the imagery is opaque an...